Begun in Good Faith by Decent People

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Book Review| November 01 2018 Begun in Good Faith by Decent People: Burns and Novick’s Vietnam War The Vietnam War. Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, Directors; Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick and Ken Burns, Producers; Geoffrey C. Ward, Writer. Florentine Films/Public Broadcasting Service, 2017. 18 hours. Patrick Hagopian Patrick Hagopian Patrick Hagopian is senior lecturer in History and American Studies at Lancaster University, England. He has written extensively about the history and memory of the Vietnam War, including two books: The Vietnam War in American Memory: Veterans, Memorials, and the Politics of Healing (2009), and American Immunity: War Crimes and the Limits of International Law (2013). He is currently writing a monograph on the principle of command criminal responsibility and the My Lai massacre. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (2018) 40 (4): 129–135. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2018.40.4.129 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Patrick Hagopian; Begun in Good Faith by Decent People: Burns and Novick’s Vietnam War. The Public Historian 1 November 2018; 40 (4): 129–135. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2018.40.4.129 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe Public Historian Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2018 by The Regents of the University of California and the National Council on Public History2018 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.